#160 - Flowers That Bloom (Mikado)

Composer:
- Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan
  (1842-1900), 1885
- from the opera The Mikado
  (The Town of Titipu)
Also known as:
- The Flowers That Bloom In the Spring
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Lyrics:
Nanki-Poo:
The flowers that bloom in the spring,
Tra la,
Breathe promise of merry sunshine —
As we merrily dance and we sing,
Tra la,
We welcome the hope that they bring,
Tra la,
Of a summer of roses and wine,
Of a summer of roses and wine.
And that's what we mean when we say that a thing
Is welcome as flowers that bloom in the spring.
Tra la la la la,
Tra la la la la,
The flowers that bloom in the spring.

Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Nanki-Poo & Pooh-Bah:
Tra la la la la,
Tra la la la la,
Tra la la la la la!

Ko-Ko:
The flowers that bloom in the spring,
Tra la,
Have nothing to do with the case.
I've got to take under my wing,
Tra la,
A most unattractive old thing,
Tra la,
With a caricature of a face,
With a caricature of a face.
And that's what I mean when I say, or I sing,
“Oh, bother the flowers that bloom in the spring.”
Tra la la la la,
Tra la la la la,
“Oh, bother the flowers of spring.”

Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Nanki-Poo & Pooh-Bah:
Tra la la la la,
Tra la la la la,
Tra la la la la la!
- Sir William Schwenck Gilbert
  (1836-1911), 1885